KING BLOOD - "Hocus Focus" LPKing Blood Hocus Focus LP (Petty Bunco, 2019) Hard to believe its been 6 years since weve last heard from King Blood, but the withdrawal makes sense in a way. King Bloods oeuvre to date has been fractions of a degree removed from Les Rallizes Dnuds, a band name checked by plenty of current and recently reissued artists, and the recent re emergence of the PSF labels back catalog by Black Editions means were once again rich in heavy psych fuzz generally

he has adopted a series of fanciful aliases: Yesterday’s New Quintet

‘Relevant Movement’ sees the label invite duo Turmspringer from Berlin on Wax who have left an everlasting imprint in the musical landscape for almost 20 years now with their diverse sets holding residencies in major places like Bar 25

" - Bradford Bailey (The Hum)

the Winos create a shared musical world through self-aware lyrics

2014 at the Sugar Maple

Samara Lubelski

with ‘The Conjurer’ working up a tracky

It should make him a lot of extra dough as well

The b side is a single dense and lusty piano/violin epic ("Real Green") that's a lunatic version of Shirley Collins and goes from jaunty to wistful to spiteful and culminates in "Sloth"-ish folk rock triumph

The word prolific gets tossed around a lot

The LP comes in a full colour jacket with homespun artifacts gracing the cover

intentionally disjointed